Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1898 — NAVY YARD DAMAGED. [ARTICLE]

NAVY YARD DAMAGED.

Heavy Loss Caused by the Earthquake at Mare Island—Work Will Be Delayed. Vallejo, Cal., April 1. —Work on the navy yard has been shut down and the 1,700 employes are idle on the streets of Vallejo. A conservative estimate of the damage done at the navy yard by the earthquake is placed at $150,000. Only two buildings on the. Mare Island navy yard escaped damage, the administration buiding and ordnance store house and workshops. The sawmill and paint shops are a mass of ruins, and every building, except the two mentioned, has sustained some damage. The hospital, a threestory brick building, is cracked from top to bottom and every joint seems to be loosened. The plastering is strewn everywhere. All departments have ceased work, except that of equipment and the yards and docks. The cruiser Charleston, which was in dry dock, did not sustain any material damage, fortunately, although all ffep bilge blocks upon which she rested were disturbed and will have to be reset.